Rangers Regain Contact With War-Threatened Gorillas

From CNN:

(CNN) -- Rangers and scientists have made contact for the first time in more than a year with critically endangered gorillas threatened by a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a national park announced Tuesday.

The Congolese government and rebels agreed to allow the survey team into the gorilla section of Virunga National Park, which rebel fighters loyal to Laurent Nkunda have controlled since September 2007.

Only about 200 mountain gorillas were estimated to be living in the park at last count, out of an estimated 700 in the world.

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